How to remove leading and trailing spaces in Excel 2007/2010?

This article provides ways to unhide the hidden worksheets in Excel 2007/2010 step by step.

• using Trim function in Excel to remove leading and trailing spaces
• a fast way to remove all the leading and trailing spaces in Excel

Method A: using Trim function in Excel to remove leading and trailing spaces

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The syntax for the TRIM function is:

= TRIM ( Text )

Like the following example shows, to remove the space in the cell C11, just click a new cell and enter the trim formula to apply the modification. See screenshot (Fig. 1).

Fig.1 trim function in Excel

Note: The TRIM function will not remove all space characters. In particular one commonly used space character that TRIM will not remove is the non-breaking space used in web pages.

Method B: a fast way to remove all the leading and trailing spaces in Excel

The third party add-in Kutools for Excel can help remove all the leading and trailing spaces quickly in Excel.

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Compare with the trim function in Excel, the Removing spaces utility in Kutools for Excel provides more flexible way to remove all the excessive space in Excel. You can directly remove the space in the cell without moving them into other cells. More important, you can remove other kind of space in the cell, such as all excess space, all space and so on.

Step 1: Select the cells that you want to modify. You can select some columns, rows or the entire worksheet.

Step 2: Click Kutools > Text Tools > Remove Spaces > Leading and Trailing Spaces…See screenshot (Fig. 2).

Step 3: Click OK to apply it.

Fig.2 Remove spaces in Kutools for Excel

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